Discovery: How Colorado potato beetles beat pesticides
The Colorado potato beetle is a notorious pest—and a kind of unstoppable genius.
Plants & Animals
Dec 21, 2020
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News tagged with sexual reproduction
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Genetic exchange discovered in anciently asexual rotifers
Evolutionary biologists at Skoltech have discovered recombination in bdelloid rotifers, microscopic freshwater invertebrates characterized by their presumed ancient asexuality. The existence of such anciently asexual groups ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 18, 2020
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Virgin births from parthenogenesis: How females from some species can reproduce without males
An Asian water dragon hatched from an egg at the Smithsonian National Zoo, and her keepers were shocked. Why? Her mother had never been with a male water dragon. Through genetic testing, zoo scientists discovered the newly ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 15, 2020
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Chemical memory in plants affects chances of offspring survival
Researchers at the University of Warwick have uncovered the mechanism that allows plants to pass on their 'memories' to offspring, which results in growth and developmental defects.
Plants & Animals
Dec 1, 2020
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Finding in 100-million-year-old amber reveals sexual intercourse of ostracods
Small bivalved crustacean ostracods are the most abundant fossil arthropods since the Ordovician and play an important role in paleoenvironmental reconstruction and evolutionary biology.
Archaeology
Sep 15, 2020
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Partner selection ultimately happens in the woman's reproductive tract
Achieving pregnancy has been shown to be more likely between partners who carry dissimilar human leucocyte antigen (HLA) immune genes. Accordingly, humans are expected to choose HLA dissimilar reproductive partners. Earlier ...
Evolution
Aug 19, 2020
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New research explores horizontal gene transfer
In science, as in life, timing can be everything.
Evolution
Jun 3, 2020
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When determining sex, exceptions are the rule
For nearly a century, biologists have modeled the evolution of sex chromosomes—the genetic instructions that primarily determine whether an individual will develop into a male or female (or a certain mating type)—resulting ...
Evolution
Jun 2, 2020
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Fruit fly study unlocks insights into human mating rituals
A new study from Western identifies a specific gene in fruit flies that drives female mate acceptance and rejection—a vital discovery for understanding how all species, including humans, survive and thrive on Earth.
Evolution
May 22, 2020
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Novel sperm membrane protein facilitates mammalian fertilization
Fertilization is a fundamental process in sexual reproduction when the combination of male and female gametes blends genetic material to create a new unique individual. Now, researchers from Japan have identified a new factor ...
Biotechnology
Apr 16, 2020
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